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PLAN OF INSPECTION
LIFTS COTTON
Better Value Given Staple by
Classing Under New System.
Loans are Facilitated.
Atlanta, Ga., November
have found this season, according
agricultural leaders here, that an
pert classing of their cotton is
worth to them from $1 to $4 a bale
excess of the price they are able to
cure from casual buyers without
ing. The discovery has been
through the operation of the Cotton
Certificating and Inspection
of Atlanta, a new company which ap¬
plies scientific principles to the
ling of cotton for the market.
The purposes of the company are
weigh, class, seal and certificate cotton
in warehouses. The certificates are
readily acceptable in banks as collater¬
al for loans and are given preference
over, warehouse receipts, as under this
plan each bale bears a fire proof seal
and serial nunfber corresponding to the
numerals in the certificate issued
against it. The latter sets forth also
ihe market value of the cotton so many
points on or off middling on the day of
inspection. definite basis
Besides furnishing a
for collateral, the sealing of the cotton,
according to experts here, is invaluable
to insurance companies, which for the
first time are offered absolute identifi¬
cation for burned cotton, not only the
number of bales in any lot inspected,
but the particular number and grade
of each bale destroyed.
It was first thought that the plan
of inspection and certification would
appeal mainly to banks and insurance
companies, but when the company
started to operate it became apparent
at once that the service would give to
the farmer a greater value, if any
thng, than to the other interests.
Farmers owning cotton covered by
one' of these certificates, it is pointed
out by experts, are in a position to se¬
cure loans from local and large city
banks at the lowest available interest
rates, without the expense of paying
freight and high storage charges to the
large concentrating centers, also to of¬
fer buyers so many bales of definite
weight which will grade a certain num¬
ber of points on and off middling. As
the grade is established by the best
classers in the cotton belt, it is shown
that there is no argument about the
price basis. On the other hand it is
shown to be the experience of farmers
that they have been protected on price
by means of the certification to the ex¬
tent of from twice to five -times its
cost.
The personnel of the new company
shows some of the best known business
men in the South Frank M. Inman is
president; J. J. Williamson is vice
president and Haynes McFadden treas¬
urer. Thousands of bales of cotton
which have already been handled by
the company demonstrate the practica¬
bility of the new plan.
PLANT A GOOD HOME
ORCHARD NOW
• The census reports show a large de¬
crease from 1910 to 1920 in the num¬
ber of fruit trees in Georgia, says the
Extension Division of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture, although
there was a decided stimulation in or¬
chard planting during the past four
years.
The reason, probably, for this de¬
cline in fruit trees in the state of Geor¬
gia is more or less due to the fact that
the small fruit grower and the average
farmer have given up the raising of
fruit to the commercial grower who
has sufficient equipment to combat the
infestation of numerous insects and
diseases and, also, the knowledge of
growing the fruit.
The increase in the number of fruit
and insect pests attacking the home
orchard has caused many farmers to
neglect fruit production. Pruning and
spraying are essential to the produc¬
tion of good fruit but any farmer can'
soon learn how by a little study of the
subject.
The special equipment necessary for
orchard management is not expensive,
but this cost may be reduced bv pur¬
chasing it co-operatively with a -sma]l
group of neighbors.
The following fruits are recommend¬
ed for home orchards in Middle Geor¬
gia;
Yellow Transparent, Horse, Early
Harvest, Terry, Winesap. and Yates
apples, planted thirty feet apart.
Sec-kel, Keififer and Leconte pears,
planted thirty feet apart. Mayflower,
Greensboro, White English, Hiley,
Carmen, Georgia Belle and Elberta
peaches, planted eighteen feet apart>
Celestial and Brown Turkel figs, plant¬
ed eighteen feet apart. Hyakume and
Goshio persimmons, planted sighteen
feet apart. Stuart and Schley pecas,
planted fifty-four feet apart. Black
Heart and Early Richmond cherries,
planted eighteen feet apart. Wild Goose
and Abundance plums, planted eigh¬
teen feet apart. Concord, Deleware and
Niagara grapes, planted in rows ten
feet apart and'eight and one-half feet
in row. Serppernogs and Thomas (Mus¬
cadine) grapes, planted ten by sixteen
feet. Early Harvest and Erie blackber¬
ries, planted ten by six feet. Lucretia
dewberries, planted ten by six feet.
Aroma, Lady Thompson. Klondike and
Missionary strawberries.
THE SPIRIT OF DON’T CARE
The spirit of “don’t care ’ is too
strong in the world today, especially in
the western hemisphere. Independence
is a fine thing, but selfish disregard for
the rights and feelings of others is
something entirely different. We have
too much of the feeling that as long as
our own skin is safe, we need not wor¬
ry about our brother. Most of us think
that unpleasant things won’t happen to
us. That's probably the way Rome
looked at matters before the visit of
the vandals from the north. This spirit
never yet fired a patriot or built a hap¬
py home.—Monticello News.
WANDERING BOYS AND GIRLS
I was asked the question by a’mother
ahd requested to give my views in a
paper.
The question is, “Why do our boys
and girls go off to other towns and com¬
munities to pass off the time, Sun¬
days?”
My views are. I think we, as parents,
should get right with God and then ws
will be better prepared to train our
children and hold them in our own
town and communities.
Then we should start at home, while
they are young, not insisting on them
but making them go to Sunday school,
church and singing. Also go with them.
We should furnish our homes with
good books to read.
Sometimes I think wejnake too much
difference in our children, we push our
boys off to a cold back room, in the
worst bed in the home, making them
want to go to war and ramble. We
give our girls choice bedrooms, well
furnished.
1 think we should divide it up and
make life as pleasant as possible for
all. Then we should establish some¬
thing in our towns and communities
that will entertain and hold our young
people.
I know of nothing better than an
organized “Singing,” which reflects
church and Sunday school. I say vocal
music is one of the grandest arts that
God ever gave man. Why? Because it
is something that will never die. Is
there any record of any other way in
which we will enjoy the world to come,
except shouting and singing? You of¬
ten hear the query, why don’t you
send to our Sunday school? I don’t be¬
lieve in sending but I do believe in car¬
rying them.
Suppose you -needed one of your
boys or girls where would you start to
find them and who is responsible?
It seems that we have almost done
away with a good old-time handshake,
which creates a love and friendship, it
keeps a cenneeted light burning in our
hearts that will never die.
What the old world needs is love.
Let us put forth an effort to make our
country better for our children in their
days of youth, “before the evil days
draw nigh.”
W. H. PIPER.
BARRETT CALLS MEETING
OF FARM LEADERS
Farm leaders from every section of
the United States were invited by.
Charles S. Barrett, president of the
National Farmers union and chairman
of the National Board of Farm organi¬
zations to meet in Washington De cem
ber 6. ,
The purpose is to make the acquaint¬
ance of the foreign and domestic rep¬
resentatives of the international con¬
ference on limitation of armaments and
also to conceive measures to make the
voice of agriculture heard in world’s
affairs.
Mr. Barrett said if there is to be a
limitation of armaments the farmers
of the world desire to be of service in
the great propaganda which may
eventuate in bringing that desired con¬
dition to pass. It is expected to show
the guests of the United States that the
heart of agriculture is in any move¬
ment which gives any promise of relief
from the miseries and burdens which
war entails.
“Agriculture is above all industries
affected by war and preparation for
war,” said Mr. Barrett. “I am calling
this meeting so that this fact can be
more effectually impressed on our vis¬
itors and also on the American dele¬
gates to the conference.
”If anything real is to be occom
plished, agriculture must offer all its
resources in patriotism and intelligent
effort, not to the United States alone,
but to all the world.”
Lord Riddell, the chief adviser to
the British delegates, said Tuesday he
would be glad to confer with the offi¬
cers of the national board of farm or¬
ganizations with a view of creating
worldwide agrarian sentiment favoring
ultimate complete world disarmament.
The British representative and Mr.
Barrett met to outline plans for such
an international agrarian movement.
Lord Riddell owns Country Life, an
English journal devoted to rural life.
MEDALS FOR BOY SCOUTS
WHO DO BRAVE DEEDS
Atlanta. Ga.—Boy Scouts of the
State of Georgia who perform some un¬
usual deed are to be awarded a suita¬
ble medal provided by L. H. Beck, ac¬
cording to announcement made by Mell
R. Wilkinson, president of the Atlanta
Boy Scout Council. Mr. Beck has plac¬
ed in the custody of the Atlanta Foun¬
dation a bond for one thousand dollars,
the interest of which is to be used per¬
petually in providing the medals to be
awarded to such Boy Scouts as meet
the conditions of the gift.
Any scout in Georgia is eligible to ap¬
ply for recognition in connection with
any meritorious act he had performed.
Application must be made in writing to
Boy Scouts of America, Atlanta Coun¬
cil, which body has designated the At¬
lanta Boy Scout Court of Honor as a
committee to investigate all claims and
decide upon the reward.
An outstanding act of meritorious
service is defined as being one involv¬
ing courage, endurance, quick think
, ing, or the like, performed under cir
j jvice cumstances as will distinguish the ser
from the ordinary acts of merito
, rious service performed daily by Boy
Scouts.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, COVINGTOW, UEORGIA
PURE WATER
The three most important needs
man are air, food and water, and in
each case purity is necessary. Pure
water is a luxury as well a neces¬
sity. The abundant use of pure water
promotes health, while to be deprived
of it is a hardship. Impure water is
a disappointment and it nay be a
positive danger.
A good public water supply is a valu¬
able jnunieipai asset, not only enhanc¬
ing civic pride, but attracting to the
community manufacturers who use wa¬
ter in their industries and who desire
ample fire protection for their prop¬
erty.
The history of sanitary engineering
tells a sad tale of the misery and death
resulting from d risking water infect¬
ed with the germs of such diseases as
cholera, typhoid fever and dysentery.
The term “pure water” iS not a sat¬
isfactory one. In the first place pure
water does not exist in nature. Be¬
cause of its great dissolving power,
foreign substances are always pres¬
ent, even though unseen. These sub¬
stances, mineral or organic, solid or
gaseous, living organisms, perhaps,
give to different waters the various
properties that collectively determine
its quality, or, as we say, its purity.
In the second place, these various for¬
eign substances act differently and
the amounts of the substances pres¬
ent, as well as their nature, determine
the quality of the water. A good drink¬
ing water may be a bad water for
use in the laundry, and it may corrode
pipes. On the other hand, a good water
for boilers may be dangerous for a per¬
son to drink. The term “pure water,”
therefore, does not have a definite
meaning.
The first characteristic of a water
fit to be used for drinking, for brush¬
ing the teeth, for cooking and for the
miscellaneous uses of the household, is
safety from infection; that is, freedom
from the germs of disease/ Bitter ex¬
perience has shown that water may
cause typhoid fever by transporting the
living typhoid germs from some per¬
son sick of the disease to some well
person. This is a simple mechanical
transfer of the germs. The water plays
no other part than that of floating the
tiny things along, unless we may say
that it keeps them from drying up. The
typhoid^rerms do not multiply in the
water, but, on the contrary, die out lit¬
tle by little, and so lose their power
to do harm.
The germs of these various diarrheal
diseases, typhoid fever, cholera and the
like, leave the bodies of sick people
in urine and bowel discharges. Sew¬
age is always liable to contain them.
If sewage finds its way into a lake or
stream, or if the contents of a cesspool
or privy soak into the ground and per¬
colate to some well, the germs of these
.diseases may be carried along, ready
to start the disease in some one who
drinks the infected water.
t Water that is contaminated with
sewage or with fecal discharges is dan¬
gerous to drink. It may not always
cause sickness, because the sewage
may not always contain germs from
persons sick of typhoid fever and oth
er water-borne diseases, but it is al
ways dangerous.
The surest and best method of safe¬
guarding the quality of a public water
supply is by some means of artificial
purification. This purification may be
carried on by boiling, filtraton, steril¬
ization with chloride of lime or liquid
chlorine. It is always well to consult
the State Board of Health in relation
to waters that need any type of puri¬
fication. It is safe to say today that
almost any water can be purified and
made safe and wholesome.
Always remember the following facts
in relation to a water, supply:
1. Pure water is a luxury.
2. Pure water is a necessity.
3. Pure water is cheap.
4. Impure water is dangerous.
5. Impure water is expensive.
6. Surface water must be purified.
8. Qualities to be sought in water—
wholesomenSss, cleanliness and
softness.
9. Filtration makes water clean.
10. Filtration makes water reasona¬
bly safe.
11. Filtration should be followed by
sterilization.
12. Hard water may be softened.
13. Filtration has been justified by
experience.
Atlanta, Ga., September 2, 1921.
Dear Editor:
I wish the State Board ol Health
were financially able to subscribe for
your paper; we could know you bet¬
ter and knowing you more intimately
we could, if possible, appreciate you
more. We are under lasting obliga¬
tions to you for your aid in the pre¬
vention of disease in our State. The
work will be greatly handicapped the
next two years, as we have been se¬
verely cut in our appropriation. With
your help, we hope to continue our
educational work, and will get out a
page similar to this about every 60
days. We hope that you can use ev¬
ery article, and if you cannot, and
do not care for our copy, will you
not drop me a line frankly so stating?
If you have any suggestions to make
as to the kind of matter, we will ap¬
preciate your saying so. W T e thank
„you. Yours very truly,
JOE ». BOWDOIN, M. D„
Deputy Commissioner of Health.
“Poor folks have poor ways;” this
common expression will more than
likely be applicable to the State Board
of Health in its expansion, as the re¬
cent Legislature gave them twenty
thousand dollars less money than it
b estimated that this important Board
an operate on.
MIXON
Mr. and Mrs, Worthy Lunsford, of
Leguin, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Harris and attended the sing¬
ing at Red Oak Parker, in the afternoon. Jr., and Mrs.
Mrs. Isaac Thursday with
Willie Parker spent
Mr. C. E. Dick. the
Miss Delta Bohanan was among
number to participate at the surprise
supper given by Mrs. Johnnie Kitchens
one night last ‘week.
Mr A. F. Pennington attended the
con'ference at Mt. Zion Friday and
Saturday. spending several
Mrs. Paul Aiken is
days with her father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. John Thompson, of Leguin.
Miss Myrtle Pounds spent one night
last week with Mrs. Sian Steele.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse l'ancey were vis¬
itors at Almon one day last week.
Mrs. Willie Parker spent Friday with
Mrs. James Coggins, of Leguin.
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Allen; of Eudora,
spent Sunday with the latter’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ivey.
Mr. Herman Grant, of Monticello,
spent Sunday with Mr. T. G. Aiken.
We regret very much to note that
Mr. Aiken is very ill at' this writing.
Mr. Charlie Reynolds, of 'Forest
Park, arrived Friday to spend quite a
while with his brother, Mr, J. C. Rey¬
nolds.
Mr. Rilious Fincher spent Sunday af¬
ternoon with friends at Leguin.
Dr. Jim Payne, of Monticello, spent
a short while one day last week at
Mixon.
Mrs. Preston Reynolds has been on
the sick list for several days. We
wish her a speedy recovery.
AMERICAN FARM
BUREAU CONVENTION
The third annual convention of the
American Farm Bureau Federation in¬
session in Atlanta has been favored
with the presence of distinguished ag¬
riculturalists from all parts ofi the
United States.
Addresses on all lines of farm better¬
ment have been made by men and wo¬
men who know.
Group meetings were held for dis¬
cussion of the various departments.
Legislation probes were brought out
for the first time in an authoritative
statement by Congressman Anderson.
This speech was greeted with applause
from 1,000 members of the farm
ation.
James R. Howard, of Iowa, was re¬
elected president and Oscar E. Brad
fute, of Ohio, named again as vice
president, and an executive committee
named Tuesday night’s session.
The farm convention men will make
a tour of Georgia by invitation from
H. G. Hastings.
Messrs. J. K. Luck, County Agent,
and J. B. Reeves, vice-president of
Newton County Bureau, represented
the local organization in this big meet¬
ing.
MR. WICK’S SUDDEN ILLNESS
Mr, J. T. Wicks, of North Covington,
was seized with a sudden illness early
Tuesday morning depriving him of
speech. A bursted blood vessel was the
diagnosis.
Mr. Wicks is resting easy and his
friends hope for a rapid change for the
better.
Philosophy of Life.
Instead of lamenting and bemoan¬
ing what seems to be cruel life, we
can, if we have the right philosophy
of life, find a harmonious note in the
disagreeable environment from which
we cannot at present extricate our¬
selves. As the oyster covers with pearl
the Irritating sand which has got In¬
to Its shell and makes of It a thing of
beauty, so we, too, with kindliness,
courage and good cheer, can convert
the conditions which now seem un¬
thinkable to us into sunshine and
gladness.—Orison Swett Marden.
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ATLAS STAMPING CO.
400 EAST 14th ST., N. Y. CITY.
In the District Court of the United
States, for the Northern District
of Georgia.
In re- Cowan Bros., a partnership
composed of J. Paul Cowan and Walter
L. Cowan, Bankrupt, No. 7346 in Bank¬
ruptcy.
A petition for discharge having been
filed in conformity with law by above
named bankrupt and the Court having
ordered that the hearing upon said pe¬
tition be had on December 17lh, 1921,
at ten o’clock A. M. at the United
States District Court room, in the city
of Atlanta, Georgia, notice is hereby
given to all creditors and other persons
in interest to appear at said time and
place and show cause, if any they have,
why the prayer of the bankrupt for
discharge should not be granted.
O. C. FULLER, Clerk.
50-51 p
SOMETHIN
NEW
- Harper Millinery Company have a
ded to their store a DRESS-MAKING
ALTERING department a
MRS. managed
R. BLOODWORTH, who comes
us very highly recommended in this li
of work, having had several years of
e .
perience.
Give us a chance and we will pleas
you. All prices very moderate and strict
ly CASH.
Covington, Georgia.
DANGER LURKS IN
SHAVING BRUSHES
It is not always economy to buy
cheap things. A certain man in South
Georgia thought he was practicing
economy in buying a cheap shaving
brush. He used it one time and, in a
few days, a little pimple appeared on
his neck. He thought nothing of it
until it began to swell and inflame
the tissues all over his neck. In a
few days he died, and his doctor was
intelligent enough to suspect anthrax
pustule. He found out about the shav¬
ing brush and sent it to the State
Board of Health Laboratory in Atlanta
and anthrax germs were found buried
in the glued ends of the bristles.
Shaving brushes are made from
horse hair and pig bristles imported
to this country from China, Japan and
Russia. Unless imported horse hair
is carefully disinfected, It is apt to
contain germs of anthrax, a disease
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CovprmmTr!? n ' U countries - ° ur
regulations ^™ nt in , now regard ^forces to the very disinfec¬ rigid
tion of imported hair. Brushes made
since these regulations went into ef¬
fect are apt to be safe enough. But
we must still be on our guard against
any brush which does not have the
name and trade mark of some reliable
brush manufacturer.
A suspicious brush may be rendered
safe by soaking it for four hours in a
hot 10 per cent solution of formalin,
such as can be purchased from any
druggist.
FEEBLE-MINDED SCHOOL OPEN
Beautiful Gracewood Has Fifty Chil¬
dren Under Treatment.
It appeared for a while as if the
School for Feeble-minded at Grace
wood would not open, but by the in¬
terest of a number of our legislative
members an appropriation of $ >
per year was finally given it, ami it
has been possible to open with about
half of Its capacity. There is room
at the Institution for 100 without ad¬
ditional building, but it will be impos¬
sible to take more than 40, as these
are all that can be handled with the
appropriation made.
There are in our State several thou¬
sand who should receive the special
training that can only be had in an in¬
stitution of this kind, and it had been
sincerely hoped that at least 100 or
150 would be provided for. Many ap¬
plicants have already been turned
away. ’The State Board of Health
would like very much to take them
all if it only had the money.
THREE HOLES—AND OUT
Bill Jones dug two holes in his back
yard. One was a privy, the other was
a well.
Typhoid infection deposited in the
privy was taken out at the well.
The sexton dug another hole in the
ground.—Chicago Journal of Sanita¬
tion.
The best charity in any community
is a spirit which will demand the en
forcement of proper sanitary laws—
Wyman.
Good health is a free ticket to hap¬
piness, and registration of births and
deaths is the first step in preventive
medicine
GAME SHIPMENTS
MUST BE LABELED
The Bureau of Biological Survey,
United States Department of Agricul¬
ture, calls attention to the fact that
which wild ducks, geese and other mi¬
gratory game birds are transported
under the federal law all packages in
must have the name of the shipper and
of the consignee and an accurate state¬
ment of the number and kinds of birds
contained therein clearly and conspic¬
uously marked on the outside thereof.
RELIEF FOR TUBERCUl
OUT COW,
Alto Feels the Legislative
The State Sanatorium provided! at A?
never been properly
the State; it has never had r !
begin to take care of the eark
tions or the incipient cases as t
Called. No provision has eve 1
propriation made for colored people. With)
of only $56,000, it ha
had funds to properly take car;
capacity, even though it is so s‘
to be almost negligible in com
to the infection.
The next two years will s:
work considerably handicapped,
see that six thousand dollars w
from the fund that they have be
ting. This is to be regretted, :
institution is one of the most i|
ant in the State. The waiting li
always been long, and now it;
grow longer. A patient must
ceived in the incipient stage in
to be benefited, and when the
| cant has t0 waft ami wait the
for recovering are smaller and s
When the disease is discover:
fore there is much breaking do
tissue, that is the time to recei
etitutional care, then how seri:
the long wait to get in at Alto.,
anxious must the patient be to
expert care, and how impatient;
family and loved ones become
they are told that they must wai:
wait no telling how long. Do n:
the blame on your State Boar
Health or the management at
they are doing the best they can
the money given them.
WHAT' KILLS US
We were at war with German
proximately two years and lost-
80.000 solldiers all told. During
same two years the United States.
150.000 of her citizens from C
243.000 from Syphilis, and
from Tuberculosis.
Most of these death are preven
Cancer is neither inherited nor"
and usually begins as a s
ing,” easily be destr
growth that can and pro
or cured if recognized
treated in its early stas ° 5,
neglect is so great that it no
one out of every ten person
forty years of age. hered
Tuberculosis is not ■
it is “catching.” It has been pro
however, that ninety pei’
cases IXe of tuberculosis are
.he child is «v» !«'*
ami that adult people are c *'*
ly immune. the-sanitary ‘’The pup” P rophy may be^» f ffllJ
and 1
in theory, but. in actua
would save more of our P
than all the armaments o
“catching.’ Of an u “
tence it is the most u
prevent, and jn
the easiest to
cases may be cured , unfort
persistently treated. g jt'
of ou l J e
ate that too many dolm J ,
think in terms of fl0l
; mm* — — of the mom- t ^
i ! pleasure life.
that of human
One iron spike may J wreck^
One insanitary P n nan ie
, s
community- One > • for tune
registered may mean
Urn baby.
shipping same bllds
Sportsmen
out proper markings are t
federal court and
ecution in the
condemn 3110 ”'
birds seizure - and
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